respiratory syncytial virus

Definition of RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS

: a paramyxovirus (species Human respiratory syncytial virus of the genus Pneumovirus) that is responsible for severe respiratory diseases (as bronchopneumonia and bronchiolitis) in children and especially in infants —abbreviation Revised Standard Version

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First Known Use of RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS

1961

Medical Dictionary

respiratory syncytial virus

noun

Medical Definition of RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS

: a paramyxovirus (species Human respiratory syncytial virus of the genus Pneumovirus) that has three strains, forms syncytia in tissue culture, and is responsible for severe respiratory diseases (as bronchopneumonia and bronchiolitis) in children and especially in infants—abbreviation RSV